Car-rail and bed.



No. 787,433. PATENTBD APR. 18, 1905.

R. M. BURKE OAR RAIL AND BED.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1903 RENEWED FEB. 27, 1905.

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PATENTED APR. 18, 1905..

R. M BURKE.

GAR RAIL AND BED.

APPLICATION 11.31) SEPT. 21, 1903. RENEWED FEB. 27, 1905.

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PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD M. BURKE, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK.

CAR-RAIL AND BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,433, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed September 21, 1903. Renewed February 2'7, 1905. Serial No. 247,497.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD M. BURKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar-Rails and Beds, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved carrail and bed; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description thereof. suflicient to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts throughout.

The purpose of my invention has to do particularly with the construction of an economical and safe car-rail, in conjunction with the parts usually accompanying the same, including the rail-support and the guard, as well as the construction of the track-bed and ties.

My purpose is to provide such a construction as shall give greater safety and durability and at the same time provide for economy in I the replacing of those parts which receive the greatest wear. 'With this in view I provide a rail which has a removable top or tread, as it may be called.

As will also appear, the use ofm y invention provides greater stiffness in the rails and their joints, the construction being such that joints may be broken in the assembling of the different parts and one portion overlap the joint in other portions.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my construction. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view from Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the rail-beds, and Fig. 4 is a like view of the rail top or tread adapted to be fitted therein. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the opposite rail. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a slightly different rail-bed with guards and rails, and Fig. 7 is a cross-section of the same.

Referring to the figures more in detail. 1 represents 'a rail-bed which is formed with a base-surface 2 and an upward flange 3. The flange 3 projects upwardly above the line of the rail-top and is designed to act as a guard for the wheels in case they jump the rail. The base portion of the rail-bed 1 may be extended laterally, as shown at 4, the purpose of which is to give better support for the same. The rail-bed is provided at the side opposite the guard 3 with two elevated ridges 5 and 5, or rather it has a groove 6 longitudinally therewith, from one side of which groove the ridge 5 rises on a curve, and the ridge 5 rises a greater or less distance on the other side. This groove 6 is provided to engage the flange of the wheel should the car become derailed, the wheel on the opposite side being then against the adjacent guard. In case of derailment one wheel, therefore, is held by guard 3, and the opposite wheel is held by its flange slipping into groove 6.

Between ridge 5 and the guard 3 is a space in which the rail-top is to be seated. One portion of this space is occupied by guardstrip 7, the top of which is somewhat below the top of guard 3, thus leaving a space in which the flange of a wheel may travel in case of derailment. Guard-strip 7 may be made integral with rail-bed 1, and I illustrate this guard-strip as projecting at one ending beyond the end of the rail-bed and at the other end being accordingly shortened, so that when a track is constructed with these rail-beds the end of each guard-strip makes a stiffer joint when it is bolted to the adjacent rail-bed, for which purpose I provide boltholes 8. In case the guard-strip is not made integral with the rail-bed it may be bolted thereto through the bolt-holes 9. Between the guard-strip 7 and ridge 5 there is sufficient space for inserting the rail-top 10, which is fashioned at its lower edge to fit in the space, as shown at 10. It is then bolted through holes 9? to the rail-bed through the guard-strip by the bolts 9', the shoulder 10 of the rail resting upon the ridge 5.

At 17 I illustrate ties, which are preferably of iron, having their ends upset, as shown at 18, to hold the rail-beds from outward movement and having the shoulders 19 to secure the rail-bed from inward movement, the railbed being fitted into the sockets by slipping the inner edge underneath the shoulder '19.

Ties 17 may be made in parts to be secured by bolts 17 for convenience in assembling and repairing.

17 shows bolts which may be inserted through upset 18 and secured in rail-bed 1 for holding the latter.

As a means of gaining further stiffness and solidity in the rail and rail-bed the rail when being attached may have one end extend beyond the rail-bed and the guard any given distance and its other end bolted to the guardrail and rail-bed. Thus instead of having, as in the ordinary case, a joint which requires the use of fish-plates for the sake of stiffness the very construction and assembling of the parts which I provide makes a stiffer joint than can be secured in any other way, as I can break at any point the joint of the three several parts which make up the whole.

By having the rail-top and rail-base in separate sections, with their vert cal portions securely bolted, I also secure greater stiffness and rigidity and at the same time am able to break the joints of the rails by having the rail-top lap the joint in the rail-base, and thus do away with the use of fish-plates.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a car-rail and bed, a rail-base with inner ridges and upwardly-extending flange and a rail-top with a downwardly-extendingflange the base being grooved to receive the opposed edge of the top and having a shoulder to support the tread of the rail-top in combination, substantially as shown.

2. In a car-rail and bed, rail-beds provided with a laterally-extended supporting-face and upwardly-extended guard-rail at one edge thereof and upwardly-extended ridges at the other edge thereof, the said ridges providing a groove between them, a guard-rail strip adjacent to the guard projecting beyond the end of the rail-bed, in combination with a rail-top adapted to be secured to the rail-bed, said base and top being adapted to break joint in roadbuilding, in combination substantially as described.

3. In a car-rail and bed, a rail-base providedv with a laterally-supporting surface and an upward-extending guard-rail at one edge thereof and upwardly-extending ridges at the other edge, the said ridges providing a groove between them and a rail-top provided with a horizontal wheel-supporting surface, the said rail-top being supported on the lateral surface of the base and on a shoulder of the guardrail thereon, in combination, substantially as shown.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a carrail composed of overlapping members, each having a single vertical portion, the one providing a base and the other a wheel-supporting surface, the former being provided with a groove to receive and confine the opposed edge of the latter, the base having additional grooves parallel with the wheel-supporting member, in combination, substantially as shown.

5. In a car-rail and bed, a rail-base provided with a laterally-extended supporting-face and upwardly-extended guard-rail adjacent to one edge thereof and upwardly-extended ridges adjacent to the other edge thereof, in combination, with a rail-top adapted to be secured to the rail-bed, said base and top being adapted to break joint, substantially as described.

6. In a car-rail, the combination of a base and a top each breaking joint with the other in the construction of a track, said base having inner grooves parallel with the top, means for securing the base and top, substantially as shown.

7 In a car-rail, the combination of a base, a top and a guard-rail, each breaking joint with the other in the construction of the track, said members being grooved to provide close engagement of the same and means for securing them,the base being provided with grooves parallel with the rail top, substantially as shown.

8. In a car-rail and bed, the combination of a supporting-base and a wheel-supporting member, the said base being provided with vertically-extended outer and inner guards 5 and with a guard-strip extending beyond the end of the base and breaking the joint of the base and the guard-strip adapted to be secured to the adjacent base, substantially as described.

9. In a car-rail and bed, the combination of a supporting-base, a wheel-supporting member, and a guard-strip, the said base being provided with vertically-extended guards and with a guard-strip extending beyond the end of the base and breaking the joint of the base and the guard-strip adapted to be secured to the adjacent base, substantially as described.

10. In a car-rail and bed, the combination of a supporting-base,a wheel-supporting member and a guard-strip, the said base being provided with vertically-extending guards and with a guard-strip, the said base, wheel-supporting member and guard-strip being severally adapted to break joint, substantially as described.

11. A car-rail and bed comprised of bedplate, guard-strips and rail-strips, the three said members constructed to break joints each with respect to the other, in combination, substantially as shown.

12. In a car-rail and bed, the combination of a supporting-base and a wheel-supporting member, the said base being provided with vertically-extended outer and inner guards and with a guard-strip extending beyond the end of the base, the said members being constructed to break joint each with respect to the other, substantially as described.

13. In a rail-bed comprising a horizontal IIO base and a guard-rail extending vertically above the level of the wheel-supporting member and having an inner groove parallel with the guard-rail and a wheel-supporting member, in combination, substantially as shown.

14. In a railway-bed, the combination of a base and a top, the former having a plurality of longitudinal grooves and receiving in one of them the opposed edge of the top which is supported on the base structure against lateral movement thereon, the said base and top being constructed to break joint, substantially as shown.

15. In a railway-bed, the combination in a rail-supporting structure, of a base securely seated therein to provide against lateral movement of the base, the said base being longitudinally grooved, a top portion with its lower edge engaging in the base portion, and a guardstrip, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD M. BURKE. 

